A Tasty Adventure in Los Angeles

A Tasty Adventure in Los Angeles

Last weekend we headed down to Los Angeles with some friends to see the sights, go to Disneyland, and eat a bunch of food.  We did a hop on hop off bus tour and ate at all kinds of great restaurants like In N Out Burger, Umami Burger, and the Queen Mary.  My favorite part of the whole trip was, of course, our food tour given by my friend's cousin.  Here's a recap of our day.  Enjoy!

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Making a Crochet Pattern

Making a Crochet Pattern

I've crocheted several amigurumi from patterns for friends so I thought making an African Grey parrot for a friend would be no big deal. Unfortunately, there are only a handful of free parrot patterns available on Ravelry and most were too cartoony for my liking. I decided to make my own pattern after studying a few other bird patterns thinking it would be a piece of cake. Wrong. I'm currently on iteration number three of the body and not even close to having a sample I'm happy with.

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